English National Ballet announces Aaron S. Watkin as new Artistic Director
English National Ballet announces Aaron S. Watkin has been appointed as its new Artistic Director. He will take up the position in August 2023.
Month: August 2022
GableStage’s Fade explores the complexity of workplace identities with wit and charm
United States Tanya Saracho’s Fade: GableStage, Coral Gables, Florida, 19.8.2022. (SL)
Breathless and breathtaking: Bruce Liu at the Edinburgh International Festival
United Kingdom Edinburgh International Festival 2022 [10] – Rameau, Chopin, Ravel, Liszt: Bruce Liu (piano). Queen’s Hall, 22.8.2022, (SRT)
Northern Ireland’s Clandeboye Festival opens with a fine Brahms concert
United Kingdom Clandeboye Festival 2022 [1] – Brahms: Barry Douglas (piano), Ailish Tynan (soprano), Elina Vähälä (violin), Michael d’Arcy (violin), Angus McCall (cello), Justine Gormley (piano), Ed Creedon (viola), Henri Demarquette (cello). Clandeboye Estate, County Down, Northern Ireland, 20.8.2022. (RB)
Fine Nielsen Third performance by Dausgaard and the BBC SSO at the Proms
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [20], Prom 41 – Ravel, Beethoven, Nielsen: Behzod Abduraimov (piano), Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Benjamin Appl (baritone), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard (composer). Royal Albert Hall, London, 17.8.2022. (CK)
Alsop’s programme with her Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra was carefully curated but lacked variety
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [19], Prom 36 – Bartók, Prokofiev, Hannah Eisendle, Dvořák: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Marin Alsop (conductor). 13.8.2022 concert recorded at the Royal Albert Hall (directed by Helen Mansfield) and available on BBC iPlayer. (JPr)
Rhapsody and spontaneity from Augustin Hadelich at the Royal Albert Hall
United Kingdom BBC Proms 2022 [18], Prom 46 – Mendelssohn, Dvořák, Brahms: Augustin Hadelich (violin), WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne / Cristian Măcelaru (conductor). Royal Albert Hall, London, 21.8.2022. (CS)
Ivor Bolton seems to miss the smile in Mozart’s music
Austria Salzburg Festival [1] – Mozart: Alexander Melnikov (piano), Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor). Grosser Saal, Mozarteum, Salzburg, 21.8.2022. (MB)
